That’s a bargain to do the vinyls on that. A drop in the ocean and does a lot to promote social cohesion and equality in the force. The thing is if you are going to criticise that then there plenty of more expensive one off paint jobs (RAF ones for example) which cost a lot more.

It’s ok John. It’s a free country which is why you can start this thread saluting a nazi soldier. its just interesting that of all the people to pick you picked him.

John Green, a man with no time and so much hostility to the ways of the modern world and so many of the people within it but yet a man who finds time to salute a nazi in a tribute thread!

🙂

I don’t think that ‘butchered for no reason’ is more honest, or accurate…

…given that France had been attacked by Germany in 1914 and was still under attack at Verdun in 1916 what would you have done?

I understand that ‘the Somme’ has become a byword for military incompetence and, with the benefit of hindsight, we’d probably all have done something differently, but are you advocating that no military action was taken by the British as that would seem to be the only way to avoid any ‘unnecessary’ deaths?

‘For no reason’ is wrong. ‘For no good reason’ is more accurate.

The whole war was unnecessary and all parties were to blame for allowing things to escalate to the point they did without stepping back to stop it. And yes there was
Incompetence but it was beyond that. Sending scores of men over the top time and time again was murderous.

What would I have done? I wouldn’t have declared war in the first place and neither should any of them. What actually were they fighting for? To put simply?

Those ww1 memories that say ‘they died for your freedom’ are being a bit loose with the truth. They died for much more tragic reasons than that. Please note, I’m referring only to this being the case with ww1 where as ww2 presents a clearer case for that epitaph.

Poppies have lost much of there strength of message. Some honest words about how the governments of the time failed these men, regardless of nationality, would be refreshing at one of these events and much more powerful.

That’s my last post on here. This place is getting more bigoted and disturbing by the week and apart from a few people who challenge certain types of comments, much is left unchallenged. Particularly noticeably by the mods too.

Critising a democratic decision is part of democracy. There is no irony. It’s mutually compatible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-36656382

Just one of many ‘coincidental’ race hate incidents since the referendum. I hope those who voted leave recognise that by giving legitimacy to the tone of the leave campaign that it has encouraged many dreadful acts like these to occur.

Which part of “True I do not think it should have been run as it was misleading” Is standing up for it? I was just explaining what it was, I am not getting into some argument here, I was just presenting the facts as they were put out, there is enough arguing going on at the moment in this Country without us all starting.

No, not just misleading. It was rascist.

By not recognising as such contributes to the problem.